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Opposition challenges government account of prompt wildfire response
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe flames with what he claimed were “thousands of gaps in the fire service”. The opposition has long... shadow civil protection spokesperson, Hara Kafantari, argued that the government has failed to learn
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Producer prices climb by 39.9 pct in June, but record first back-to-back monthly drops since 2020
EconomyMacroeconomy2021, when it grew annually by 9.1 percent. It has been growing ever since, gathering pace over 16 consecutive months. This has taken the index from 102.63 points in February last year, to 149.91 points
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Government on mission to manage expectations in anticipation of tough winter
PoliticsGreek Politicsa part in dampening the earlier optimism, as Greece succeeded in gaining a partial exemption but has... crisis are being addressed. The PM has also let it be known that he intends to be out and about mixing
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Government claims tourism season a major success, opposition begs to differ
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat had been reached with large tour operators. He added that the government has plans to try to extend... and extra revenues related to tourism, highlighting that making a success of the current season has
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Growth of industrial production accelerates to 8.4 pct in June, highest rate for 2022
EconomyMacroeconomyAuthority (ELSTAT) data released on Wednesday. The index has now grown in four out of first six months of the year, and has been on a general recovery trajectory since November 2020. This is also
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Budget primary balance beats target by 4.64 bln in July on back of impressive tax performance
EconomyMacroeconomyof roughly 2.6 billion euros. Greece has also received 1.72 billion euros from the RRF and has
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Phone-tapping scandal causing ripple effect across political scene
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been invited to appear before a European Parliament committee on August 30. The Greek... has yet shown the far-right party capable of getting over the 3 pct threshold needed to win seats
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Public debt records first marginal drop, to 394 bln, in Q2 as IMF repaid and bond activity limited
EconomyMacroeconomyattached to the first programme, which Greece has started repaying. An additional 130.9 billion relate... to 18.17 years in Q2, from 18.22 years in Q1. Peak average maturity was 20.85 years in Q3 2019 and has
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Electricity price shock, pressure on phone-tapping take shine off surveillance exit
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros/KWh from the suppliers’ 0.68-0.78 euros/KWh. Overall, the impact on the state budget has been.... The government has been downplaying the significance of the challenge, and the indications are that its... into the autumn, as it tries to structure its last economic package en route to the next elections
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VAT, income taxes lead budget outperformance as primary balance deficit eases to 1.16 bln in Jul
EconomyMacroeconomyrelated to military procurements and the non-allocated expenditure of 1.28 billion euros that has... euros of this allocation has taken place, broadly on target.
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